Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Formulate a hypothesis and design and carry out an investigation of that hypothesis following the accepted practices of the scientific method.
• Write reports on scientific investigations, including organizing and displaying numerical results.
• Make oral reports about scientific investigations, including organizing and displaying numerical results.
• Calculate current, voltage, and resistance at any location in a one-loop circuit.
• Calculate equivalent resistances for any combination of resistors in series and parallel.
• Use a multimeter to measure resistance, current, and voltage.
• Efficiently troubleshoot a complex circuit of resistors.
• Explain the relationship between semiconductors, transistors, logic gates, and microprocessors.
• Follow wiring diagrams to wire temporary circuits using integrated circuit chips and breadboards
• Perform a statistical analysis of a sample of data, including making a proper histogram and calculation of confidence level.
• Convert between decimal and binary.
• Explain magnetic data storage on computer disks including the physical principles behind read/write heads.
• Build circuits to transmit binary data using wire, or light or radio.
• Compare and contrast the following methods of data transmission by the